Author/Editor		Kobal, S; Kosec, M
Title		Vpliv starosti na makroskopske in mikroskopske lastnosti semena pri kuncih pasme beli novozelandec
Translated title		The influence of age on macroscopic and microscopic semen properties in white New Zeland rabbits
Type		članek
Source		Zb Vet Fak Univ Ljublj
Vol. and No.		Letnik 31, št. 1-2
Publication year		1994
Volume		str. 27-33
Language		slo
Abstract		In 15 white New Zealanad male rabbits kept in laboratory conditions of breeding, aged 6 months at the beginning of the trial macroscopic and microscopic properties of the semen were investigated. Using the artificial vagina 10 ejaculates were collected from each rabbit in one-week intervals. The mean semen volume without mucus was from 0.27 q 0.13 ml to 0.93 q 0.62 ml, the percent of progressively moving sperms was from 71.00 q 5.83 to 76.67 q 4.71 per cent pH values in the range from 7.32 q 0.25 to 8.01 q 0.11. Semen density was in the range from 0.213 q 0.093 to 0.370 q 0.145 x 106 sperms per mm3, the total number 0.056 q 0.039 to 0.255 q 0.197 x 10 9 sperms. The percent of morphologically changed sperms was from 12.60 q 2.33 per cent to 18.20 q 6.27 per cent. The results indicate that in laboratoary conditions of breeding white New Zealand male rabbits become sexually mature in the age from 6.5 do 7 months.
Descriptors		SEMEN RABBITS ANIMALS, LABORATORY SPERM CAPACITATION SPERM COUNT SPERM MOTILITY AGE FACTORS